Jonah 1:14

WEB

¹⁴Therefore they cried to the LORD, and said, “We beg you, LORD, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, LORD, have done as it pleased you.”

KJV

¹⁴Wherefore they cried^[+] unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

BSB

¹⁴So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”

FBV

¹⁴Then they called out to the Lord,^[+] Lord! Please don't kill us for sacrificing this man's life or for spilling innocent blood, for you, Lord, made it happen.”

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Extra References

Psalms 115:3

³But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

Psalms 135:6

⁶Whatever the LORD pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

Deuteronomy 21:8

⁸Forgive, LORD, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don’t allow innocent blood among your people Israel.” The blood shall be forgiven them.

Ephesians 1:11

¹¹We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

Psalms 107:28

²⁸Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

Jonah 1:5

⁵Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

Matthew 11:26

²⁶Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.

Daniel 4:34-35

³⁴At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. ³⁵All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”

Jonah 1:16

¹⁶Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows.

Genesis 9:6

⁶Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.